Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Hendo - July 30

[daniverson1973]

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/...ory?id=6317338


theyre gonna fight at a catchweight of somewhere around 220

VERY Interesting, Hendo's no joke, but this could be a great comeback fight for Fedor, or maybe not

[ex carrabba fan]

Meh

Don't get me wrong, it's cool and all, but what does this prove if Fedor wins?

Unless Fedor is planning on making a permanent move to LHW, what's the point of fighting Hendo

For all these years I've heard all this talk of other HW's not having the skill it takes to defeat Fedor. I've heard it doesn't matter about the size difference etc. etc.

I don't really care to see Fedor fight smaller guys even though Fedor is a smaller HW himself. I want to see him go up against strictly HW's.

[daniverson1973]

i guess, if anything, it proves he's not washed up, because the way he fought and looked his last 2 fights, i think he might be

I was surprised how Henderson pounded Feijao so it wont be easy
i think if he wins this, he's still carries some weight-fig.speaking-and maybe get a rematch with Bigfoot and/or Werdum

i'd love to see him keep fighting (at HW too) because he's never fought the talent of the UFC....IMO he hasnt fought that many good fighters in his career, not to take anything away from him, just that i think he's slightly overrated (internationally), even before his loss to Werdum, but in the UFC, in terms of rankins, he might make the bottom of the top 5 HW's

I'm not one of the "ball-lickin Fedor Fans" as Dana White put it, but i'd love to see him get absorbed with the rest of strikeforce and fight some guys like Brock Lesnar (imagine the hype that would get), Shane Carwin, or especially Frank Mir.

[TheShizNo1]

hm....you know....I really don't care. That orange aura that Fedor had, it's gone, and Hendo is over the hill.

[ex carrabba fan]

Hendo doesn't really do much for me to begin with.

I still leave the door open that Fedor can still be in the convo for best HW in the world. But the way for him to start back on that road is to fight other HW's, not old LHW's at a catchweight fight.

This fight would have been amazing several years ago.

I mean usually when there's a catchweight/superfight, isn't it because there's no more guys left to fight in each of the fighter's respective divisions? This isn't a superfight by any means.

I would laugh if they made it a PPV

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan

Hendo doesn't really do much for me to begin with. I still leave the door open that Fedor can still be in the convo for best HW in the world. But the way for him to start back on that road is to fight other HW's, not old LHW's at a catchweight fight. This fight would have been amazing several years ago. I mean usually when there's a catchweight/superfight, isn't it because there's no more guys left to fight in each of the fighter's respective divisions? This isn't a superfight by any means. I would laugh if they made it a PPV

It will be on PPV. I bet they stack it with Diaz/Woodley or Diaz/Daley 2
and a Jacare MW title defense

[Scoop_Brady]

Well, I totally disagree. I love this fight. These are 2 legends of the sport and we get to see them fight each other. You guys are making it sound like they are both in Mark Coleman land. They're nowhere near that. This fight should definitely excite. The only HW's left for Fedor right now are Overeem and Barnett. Considering they're both busy why not make this fight happen? Oh well, I'm happy.

[daniverson1973]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoop_Brady

Well, I totally disagree. I love this fight. These are 2 legends of the sport and we get to see them fight each other. You guys are making it sound like they are both in Mark Coleman land. They're nowhere near that. This fight should definitely excite. The only HW's left for Fedor right now are Overeem and Barnett. Considering they're both busy why not make this fight happen? Oh well, I'm happy.

I agree, it is a very exciting fight. Im not a big Hendo fan, im more interested in seeing if Fedor has anything left, and I HOPE they put it on SHOWTIME...lol

to your second point, i dont agree, i think he needs a rematch with either Silva or Werdum eventually to justify/redeem his elite status (if he keeps fighting)
he's looked somewhat out of shape and slower than usual his last 2 fights, so i cant help but wonder if this could be 'Fedor-Finale' against someone smaller, that he SHOULD beat, but a legend, like him

but its not a superfight, i hope its on showtime